Should I keep trying?

[Anonymous No.7050424]

I've been wanting to draw for my entire life and I was doing writing instead because I thought I'd never be good at drawing. Now I'm finally trying to draw and I feel like I'm getting nowhere. All I can do is bring myself to do is line exercises from my shoulder. I can't do geometric shapes or really anything else. I haven't done a single actual sketch yet. I can only get myself to draw in random sporadic bursts for less than 30 seconds at most.

[Anonymous No.7050426]

>>7050424
start with observational drawing

[Anonymous No.7050427]

oh no not you again
everyone that replies to this thread after me is a bbc loving faggot

[Anonymous No.7050428]

>>7050426
I don't know what that is.

[Anonymous No.7050438]

>>7050424
>I can only get myself to draw in random sporadic bursts for less than 30 seconds at most.
Did you watch the pewdiepie video? consistency is the most important thing. 30 seconds a day is probably not going to get you anywhere though. set a timer for 10 minutes. maybe even make it a routine for a certain time of day(set an alarm, drawing time!)
You have surprised me with some cubes, which is quite a step up from the lines of your previous thread, definitely better than I was at cubes when I started drawing. To boil the pot(get better) you need to keep the flame on, not just hold a match up to it periodically.

[Anonymous No.7050441]

>>7050438
>>7050433
Don't waste your time
>>/ic/?task=search&ghost=false&search_text=+Am+I+legitimately+too+retarded+to+be+an+artist

[Anonymous No.7050443]

>>7050428
Draw something in front of you. to start, put a box in front of you and draw it, or a chair, or your phone(or the box it came in). pick something with simple regular shapes. or go more 2d shapes, go bring a flat leaf inside and draw it.

[Anonymous No.7050453]

>>7050443
>>7050438
I don't know what I even want to draw to begin with, let alone trying to get myself to draw in the first place. I can't ever get the energy or motivation to even when I'm feeling the absolute best on my stimulant medicine. All of my motivation and ideas drop the moment I actually sit down and start doing it.

[Anonymous No.7050463]

>>7050453
I don't know what I even want to draw to begin with, let alone trying to get myself to draw in the first place. I can't ever get the energy or motivation to even when I'm feeling the absolute best on my stimulant medicine. All of my motivation and ideas drop the moment I actually sit down and start doing it.

[Anonymous No.7050475]

>>7050424
shoo shoo schizo

[Anonymous No.7050477]

>>7050441
I hope another anon struggling, but doesn't have the same mental disorder as schizo, can take something good from my time I wasted here.

[Anonymous No.7050478]

>>7050475
Stop with the canned responses and give me actual advice.

[Anonymous No.7050483]

>>7050424
no. go away.

[Anonymous No.7050484]

>>7050478
my response is kill yourself. Genuinely. The world would be better with you gone. Go slit your wrists with a can lid.

[Anonymous No.7050485]

>>7050484
Stop with the canned responses and give me actual advice.

[Anonymous No.7050495]

>>7050424
literally draw what you like lmao, I started at age 30. Sure all my shitty anime girls are worse than /asg/ but I on track to somewhere.

Literally start drawing anything don't get stuck on the drawing manuals lmao hahaha

[Anonymous No.7050497]

>>7050485
Didn't like my advice to use a can?

[Anonymous No.7050500]

emotional vampire
fuck off

[Anonymous No.7050504]

>>7050485
I was going to say stop being be a miserable failure of a man, but you can't fail if you don't try, so you're not even that...
tell me your whole life story and maybe we can get to the bottom of this. I don't mean your attempts at skills/hobbies, I mean tell me about your mother.

[Anonymous No.7050510]

>>7050504
she fucked a dog and gave birth to me

[Anonymous No.7050514]

>>7050510
take photos of yourself and use it for furry ref.

[Anonymous No.7050517]

>>7050514
but how

[Anonymous No.7050519]

>>7050517
Just photograph the dog (You)

[Anonymous No.7050529]

>>7050519
how though

[Anonymous No.7050537]

>he draws boxes now
HOLY SHIT WE DID IT /I CEE/

[Anonymous No.7050589]

>>7050424
You need to draw vertically instead of horizontally

[Anonymous No.7050668]

>wants to draw
>Doesn't draw
>Dreams of drawing
>Draws for only 30 seconds at most
>Spends his day crying and shitposting
You would probably be unable to kill yourself even if I give you comprehensive guide

[Anonymous No.7050683]

>>7050668
troll post and not advice

[Anonymous No.7050823]

shoo shoo schizo

[Anonymous No.7051027]

>>7050495
I don't know what to draw.

[Anonymous No.7051101]

>>7050495
I can't figure out what I want to draw and even when I do, I can never make myself do it.

[Anonymous No.7051825]

>>7050424
howie pets a dog

[Anonymous No.7051843]

Draw one of the simplest pokemon. a fucking voltorb, a ditto, or a diglett. Then tape that to your wall. Then do it again but dofferent. Or else, you dont want to draw.

[Anonymous No.7051865]

>>7051843
that's really good advice. a ditto works best since you can't really go wrong with the shape because he morphs, just gotta draw the :3 face.

[Anonymous No.7051869]

>>7050424
I've been using the goal of "fill a page with drawings daily" as my rough plan for a few years now. Getting frustrated at your skills, especially when you're starting out, is normal

[Anonymous No.7054468]

[Anonymous No.7054552]

>>7050668
>>7050424
hey OP this was my exact case a couple years ago. didn't feel confident, drawing these fucking boxes wasn't rewarding, if I tried drawing something else it looked like shite so I was basically afraid of practicing, since making mistakes would hurt my self-esteem.

after i got rid of that bitch mindset I started improving a lot and now drawing is fun and easy to do on a daily basis even if I'm still no michelangelo, and I have hopes of improving further.

what I recommend you do to get some confidence is get a high-res photo reference (preferably of a face) and draw that on paper (no tracing). first attempts will come like shit, keep comparing what you're drawing with what you're seeing and correct accordingly. match every line angle and proportion as best as possible. will take hours at first especially if you have ADHD like me but it gets faster and more enjoyable as you go. And use a harder pencil, I like H4 or even H7 to construct the lines. They're more forgiving of beginner fine motor skills. I then fill them in with B pencils.

>>7050453
you're gonna have to stop depending on "motivation" to achieve your dreams. Motivation is better, but often missing. Discipline on the other hand will always be there for you. Stick to drawing faces or figures for now, the observational skills you gain from it will be applicable to any other thing you decide to draw.


PD: I know this might be one of the board's resident schizos throwing a pity party for himself, but I post this just in case there's other anons lurking with the same problem and an actual will to improve

[Anonymous No.7054564]

Why can't mods ban this thread? It's spam at this point

[Anonymous No.7054574]

>>7054564
It's not a giant conspiracy! He is looking for help!

[Anonymous No.7054587]

>>7054574
yeah you are spamming. Stop posting this thread. Go pay for a class or fuck off

[Anonymous No.7054592]

>>7050424
learn to copy

[Anonymous No.7054651]

>>7050424
Why are you doing boxes when your lines look like this ? Go back to lesson one and start with your lines this isn't good... practice your line you can do lines in 3 days and move to boxes. Also don't forget to draw for fun. Just drawing boxes will burn you out but if you will draw incorporate what you have learn.... i seen some retards going trough the whole course and then its like they learned nothing.

[Anonymous No.7055697]

>>7054592
How?

[Anonymous No.7055719]

>>7051843
Draw the god damned voltorb, howie! take you seconds.

[Anonymous No.7056196]

Here, have some wisdom

https://thelastpsychiatrist.com/2011/10/how_to_draw_not_about_how_to_d.html

[Anonymous No.7056199]

Yes! keep trying every day, it gets easier. the hard part is committing. once u start feeling yourself have fun just doodling you've made it.

[sage No.7056305]

I just a want to say that every one who takes howie's bait and gives genuine advice is a good person and don't let the schizo get you down. He may have stolen some of your psychic energy, but having a good heart will let you regenerate it and more while howie will always need to lurk in the shadows to try and feed off of that which he can never truly understand or use. He only ever hungers for more sympathy and attention his own nature a constant agony to him that he can never overcome or change.